A former employee of Capcom, he is the founder of GPTRACK50 Studio, which is a subsidiary of NetEase.
[1] Kobayashi studied computer science at Chukyo University.
After graduating, he was hired at Capcom in 1995 as a programmer on the first Resident Evil game.
[1] Starting with the first Sengoku Basara game (titled Devil Kings in North America) in 2005, Kobayashi worked as the producer for the video game series as well as a planning supervisor for the various anime adaptations.
[3] In October 2022, NetEase Games announced the establishment of GPTRACK50 Studio, which Kobayashi will lead as a president.